Posted on the 27th of February 2022.

How filthy is your carpet? Stomach-churning images reveal that the bedroom floor harbours TEN times more bacteria than a toilet seat - because half of people NEVER clean it

You might be diligent about running the vacuum over your carpet whenever it starts to look a bit scruffy, but shocking research has revealed that the average bedroom floor is ten times dirtier than a toilet seat.

The data, compiled by sofa and carpet specialist ScS, found carpets in the bedroom also harbour more than double the bacteria found in a living room, and ten times that of a gym floor.

Their findings also showed that almost half of Brits have admitted to never cleaning their carpets, making them an ideal breeding ground for colonies of disease-causing microbes.

Office floors were found to be the cleanest in the experiment - in which carpets and household appliances were swabbed to reveal levels of aerobic bacteria, yeast and mould.

Bedroom carpets were by far the dirtiest, with a combined bacteria and yeast level of 140 CFU per cm2 (colony forming units per cm2) uncovered within them, as well as heavy mould.

Original article: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-7986479/Bedroom-carpets-TEN-TIMES-dirtier-toilet-seat.html